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diff --git a/libs/surfaces/frontier/kernel_drivers/README b/libs/surfaces/frontier/kernel_drivers/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..51b4af0f2e --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/surfaces/frontier/kernel_drivers/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +This directory contains the USB Tranzport Kernel driver for Linux. + +At present it accepts reads/writes of 8 byte cmds to /dev/tranzport0 to control +the lights and screen. + +Reads are possible. Wheel Compression does not currently account for button changes + +It also has some sysfs hooks that are non-functional at the moment. + +The API is closely tied to the ardour revision and WILL change. + +A sysfs interface is PERFECT for simple userspace apps to do fun things with the +lights and screen. It's fairly lousy for handling input events and very lousy +for watching the state of the shuttle wheel. + +In the end this is going to be driven by a midi layer |